“American individual sovereignty and individual industrialism are being destroyed in order to fundamentally transform our Republic into an egalitarian welfare nanny-state.” – Rep. Allen West

 

 

By Congressman Allen West

The Washington Post article [US poverty on track to reach 46-year high; suburbs, underemployed workers, children hit hard] as well as the increase in weekly first time unemployment insurance claims provides further proof of the failure of this Administration’s economic policies. The American people are hurting and all everyone seems to be fixated on is Governor Mitt Romney’s tax returns. American individual sovereignty and individual industrialism are being destroyed in order to fundamentally transform our Republic into an egalitarian welfare nanny-state.

 

Editor : Here are some excerpts from the Washington Post article Rep. West is referring to:

 

The ranks of America’s poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net.

The Associated Press surveyed more than a dozen economists, think tanks and academics, both nonpartisan and those with known liberal or conservative leanings, and found a broad consensus: The official poverty rate will rise from 15.1 percent in 2010, climbing as high as 15.7 percent. Several predicted a more modest gain, but even a 0.1 percentage point increase would put poverty at the highest level since 1965.

Poverty is spreading at record levels across many groups, from underemployed workers and suburban families to the poorest poor. More discouraged workers are giving up on the job market, leaving them vulnerable as unemployment aid begins to run out. [emphasis added]

 

Can we afford four more years of economic suicide?

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